[GRASS-user] using ArcView data

[Christian Ferreira]

Buenos días Manuel,


Well, first just define your GRASS location to match the extent of
your shapefile. Second, if you use the graphical interface (in GRASS
6.3) just go to: "File -> Import Vector Map -> Multiple formats using
OGR".

Specify your shapefile at "OGR datasource..." and set a name for your
layer (to be used in GRASS). A good choice is also set "Override
dataset projection" (to use location's projection).

In the terminal the command line may be similar to this:

v.in.ogr -o dsn=/home/poseidon/Work/vector_data/CNTRY94.SHP
output=my_map min_area=0.0001 snap=-1

Cheers,
Christian
Poseidon Linux team
http://sites.google.com/site/poseidonlinux/

On Thu, Jul 3, 2008 at 8:24 PM, Manuel Gerardo Chávez Angeles
<mchavez at fundacionidea.org.mx> wrote:
>
>
> Hello from Mexico City,
>
> I'm new using GRASS, migrating from a limited expertise on arcView.
>
> I have a human population database from Spain, built for ArcView. Does
> anybody have any reference that could help me to run it on GRASS. So far I
> been able to install GRASS on my MacBook and I'm making my first steps.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Regards
>
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